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B. B. HAVENS.

WASH BOARD. No. 341,236. Patented May 4, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

BYRON B. HAVENS, OF RUSHVILLE, NEV YORK.

WASH-BOARD.

SPEGEPIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,236, dated May 4, 1886.

Application filed November 5, 1885. Serial No. 181,956. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BYRON B. Havens, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Rushville, in thecounty ofYat-es and State of N ew York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improven'lents in lash-Boards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to made and use the same.

The object of this improvement is a cheaplyconstructed and efficient wash-board having a metal rubbing-surface composed of distinct parts of twisted wire and a skeleton frame, all so constructed and arranged that they will be interchangeable, in order that they may be detached and-replaced by new parts should they become disqualified by wear or other causes. These results are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the drawings herewith filed as a part hereof, in which the same letters of reference denote the same parts in the different views.

Figure l is a perspective representation of a wash-board embodying the features of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a detail. Fig. 3 isa transverse section taken on the line a: x of Fig. 1.

A,A, B, and C is a skeleton frame of which the outer parts, A A, form the legs or supports. A, B, and O are transverse braces.

The parts A A are suitably slotted for the reception of the ends of the parts B O, which may be additionally secured to the parts A A by any suitable means.

The legs or supports A are provided with slots a, for the reception of the ends of the twisted wires D, which form the rubbing-surface of the wash-board, and which are pro vided at their ends with eyes, as fully shown at (Z in Fig. 2. These eyes d are-inserted into theslots a of the parts A A, and secured in position by means of screws E, which enter the parts A in the order shown, and by pass ing through the eyes (7, into the opposite side of the framepieees not only secure the connection of the parts D, but also strengthen the parts A.

By removing the screws E the wires D may U BYRON B. HAVENS.

Witnesses:

M. G. WARFIELD, Guns. W. HARKNEss. 

